Death comes in many forms in Texas - at the hands of the state, by animals (one with a gun), by one's own hand (cough syrup), Texans killing Texans, and ever so occasionally, naturally.http://www.newser.com/2008 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorThu, 20 Nov 2008 4:13:38 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/40812/texas-steps-up-executions-to-clear-logjam.html?refid=rss_all_defaultA dozen condemned inmates in Texas's "death watch" cells are being executed at a scheduled rate of two a week through November. The executions relieve a logjam created when the US Supreme Court effectively halted lethal injections while deciding whether the method was unconstitutionally inhumane. It ruled the method constitutional, and executions resumed.http://www.newser.com/story/40812/texas-steps-up-executions-to-clear-logjam.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 24 Oct 2008 9:57:04 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/37066/con-wins-death-stay-in-judge-affair-appeal.html?refid=rss_all_defaultA Texas death-row inmate who filed an appeal alleging that an affair between the judge and prosecutor compromised his trial has been granted a stay of execution. But, ABC News reports, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals approved Charles Dean Hood's request based not on the affair but because of a problem with jury instructions during his trial for murder and robbery.http://www.newser.com/story/37066/con-wins-death-stay-in-judge-affair-appeal.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 10 Sep 2008 9:27:57 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/36681/death-row-con-wins-hearing-over-courtroom-hanky-panky.html?refid=rss_all_defaultA condemned Texas inmate has won a hearing to decide whether his lawyers can question the judge and prosecutor at his capital case trial about an alleged affair the two were having while the proceedings were unfolding, ABC News reports. A former county DA filed a sworn statement last year saying the affair was "common knowledge" at the time.http://www.newser.com/story/36681/death-row-con-wins-hearing-over-courtroom-hanky-panky.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 05 Sep 2008 1:13:29 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/31381/no-charges-for-texas-man-who-shot-neighbors-burglars.html?refid=rss_all_defaultA Texas grand jury’s decision to take no action against Joe Horn, who killed two burglars on his front lawn, has focused attention on the state’s “deadly force” laws, the Houston Chronicle reports. Horn’s life was not in danger until he confronted the thieves fleeing his neighbor’s house, but his actions were legally protected by a statute dating from the 1850s.http://www.newser.com/story/31381/no-charges-for-texas-man-who-shot-neighbors-burglars.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTue, 01 Jul 2008 10:40:57 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/27913/texas-boy-7-killed-by-pit-bulls.html?refid=rss_all_defaultA 7-year-old Texas boy was apparently mauled to death yesterday by two pit bulls, writes the Abilene Reporter. Police responding to a 911 call discovered Tanner Joshua Monk’s body on the side of a road, with two dogs nearby. The deputies were forced to kill the dogs, which belonged to a neighbor of Monk’s family, when the animals attacked them.http://www.newser.com/story/27913/texas-boy-7-killed-by-pit-bulls.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMon, 19 May 2008 15:30:08 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/92255/bees-may-have-stung-man-to-death.html?refid=rss_all_defaultAn elderly Austin man was found dead at his home with more than 50 bee stings to his body.The 81-year-old man lived on the 1700 block of Barbara Street. Police say he was mowing his lawn around 10:45 Saturday morning when he was stung more than 50 times by bees.http://www.newser.com/story/92255/bees-may-have-stung-man-to-death.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMon, 19 May 2008 17:38:08 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/27488/court-tosses-32m-verdict-against-vioxx.html?refid=rss_all_defaultA Texas appellate court threw out a $32 million verdict against Merck today, citing a lack of evidence that Vioxx contributed to a man’s fatal heart attack. Lionel Garza was taking the painkiller when he died in 2001 at age 71, but was also a smoker with high blood pressure and high cholesterol, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Garza case was decided by verdict in 2006, and was excluded from a recent $4.85 billion settlement for 27,000 Vioxx cases.http://www.newser.com/story/27488/court-tosses-32m-verdict-against-vioxx.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMon, 19 May 2008 15:30:08 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/22515/bush-cant-force-us-courts-to-obey-world-body-justices.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe Supreme Court ruled today for states, and against President Bush in a quarrel over international law, finding that a foreign death-row inmate did not have a right to further review—though the world's top court said he did. Ernesto Medellin was not provided counsel from his native Mexico, violating the Vienna Convention; Texas balked at Bush’s attempt to enforce the body's ruling.http://www.newser.com/story/22515/bush-cant-force-us-courts-to-obey-world-body-justices.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMon, 19 May 2008 15:33:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/18192/cough-syrup-od-killed-rapper.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTexas rapper Pimp C, found dead in a Los Angeles hotel room in December, died from an overdose of prescription cough syrup coupled with a sleep disorder that interrupts breathing, the LA coroner ruled yesterday. The 33-year-old Grammy nominee's death has been ruled an accident, reports the Houston Chronicle. Pimp C, whose real name was Chad Butler, died while he was in town for a concert.http://www.newser.com/story/18192/cough-syrup-od-killed-rapper.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMon, 19 May 2008 15:31:00 CDT